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The perimeter efficiency, k_n, of any number of separate identical shapes is equal to the perimeter efficiency, k, of one of the shapes divided by the square root of the number of shapes, n:

[Eq. 2]

thus k for 100 identical circles is 10%; k for 10,000 identical circles is 1%.

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